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Exodus 10:13
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses acts in response to the LORD’s command to bring the locust plague upon Egypt. The event spans a full day and night before the locusts arrive by morning.
The words — וַ/יֵּ֨ט (va/i.Yet) means "he stretched out," applied to מַטֵּ/הוּ֮ (ma.te./Hu), "his staff." מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mo.Sheh) names the agent, while וַֽ/יהוָ֗ה (va./Yah.weh) identifies Yahweh as the one who sends the east wind.
The thread — The east wind operates as a divine tool in Genesis 41:6 to scorch grain, Exodus 14:21 to drive back the sea, and Psalms 78:26 to stir winds by God's might.
Why it lands — The text records a sequence where Moses' physical action precedes Yahweh's atmospheric intervention. It requires the reader to note how human obedience and sovereign command converge to produce a specific historical judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Cross-references
- Genesis 41:6 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
- Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Psalms 78:26 He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
- Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
- Psalms 107:25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Psalms 148:8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- Jonah 1:4 Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
- Jonah 4:8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Matthew 8:27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”